On 1 Okt., 00:37, Chris Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > The kernel is updated periodically, and released when new Android > releases are published. Additionally, patches make it into OTA > updates. Google only knows about and can update Google Experience > Devices; The Samsung Galaxy S "with Google" I own is one of those. Until now, it was never updated OTA (can you uptade Eclair OTA?). Today it still does not have Froyo, let alone 2.2.1 that contains a fix for the information disclosure bug in the browser.
> There is no necessary link between Android version and kernel version, > other than that both increase monotonically. Not true. They share big portions of code and the bugs therein. And that's the reason I'd like Google to write release notes with every update. How am I supposed to know which bug in the vanilla Linux kernel made it into the Android kernel? > Non-GED OEMs and carriers can ship updates however they like, or not > at all. Frequency of updates could be one factor that informed buyers > use to decide. True, but read above. That's one of the reasons I bought a Samsung Galaxy S, but perhaps Google does not put enough pressure on Samsung to release a new firmware. But there should be release notes and security advisories regardless of the device, as these issues are OS related and not device related. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
